Recent "For The Children" Weekly Columns
“Oklahoma” – Time for the “God’s Honest Truth”
- by Joe Dorman
June 5, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email:
Budget Agreements for Both the State and Nation
- by Joe Dorman
May 29, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117
Happy Graduation to Students and Lawmakers Alike!
- by Joe Dorman
May 22, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email:
Education Policy Dominates the Final Days of the 2023 Session
- by Joe Dorman
May 15, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117
Tax Credit Proposals for Private and Homes Schooled Students Slow Legislative Session to a Crawl
- by Joe Dorman
May 8, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117
A Week of Disappointment from the State Capitol
- by Joe Dorman
May 1, 2023 “For the Children” Weekly Column by Joe Dorman, OICA CEO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email:
Recent News Releases
Nominations Open for OICA’s Anne Roberts People’s Choice Awards for Child Advocacy
June 1, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Institute for Child
Child Advocacy Organization to Celebrate 40th Anniversary
April 13, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org OKLAHOMA CITY – From the ashes of one of
OICA Praises Shropshire Appointment to Lead Oklahoma Human Services
PHOTO CUTLINE Dr. Deborah Shropshire, M.D. (center), Gov. Kevin Stitt’s appointee to lead Oklahoma Human Services, speaks to assembled child advocates at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy’s 2019 Fall
Child Advocacy Organization Kicks Off 40th Anniversary by Releasing 2023 “Children’s Legislative Agenda”
December 5, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joe Dorman, CEO – Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Telephone: (405) 833-1117 Email: jdorman@oica.org Peyton Stacy, Director of Policy & Grant Administration Telephone:
Enid Fifth Grader Mila O’Brien Elected Oklahoma’s Kid Governor®
OKLAHOMA CITY – Mila O’Brien, a fifth grader at Prairie View Elementary School in Enid, has been elected Oklahoma’s Kid Governor®. Results of the Kid Governor® election were announced by